A Nigerian travel content creator, Pelumi Nubi who recently embarked on a solo road trip from London to Nigeria has arrived safely in Lagos.
Nubi was received at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border by the Lagos State Government by Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka and the Special Adviser, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Idris Aregbe.
It would be recalled that Nubi began her journey on January 31, 2024.
She survived a crash in March with a video of the wrecked vehicle revealing severe damage to the front and a shattered windshield.
The 28-year-old Nubi, started from England, crossed into France, Spain and headed to Morocco then through the West Sahara Desert, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ghana, Togo, Benin finally reaching Lagos.
According to the travel content creator, she has been to 80 out of the 193 countries in the world.
Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday, tweeted: “Lagos State Government gives a hero’s welcome to @peluminubi_, a Nigeria-British citizen who who did a solo drive from London to Lagos.
“Pelumi was received at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border on behalf of Lagos State Government by the Hon Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka and the Special Adviser, Tourism, Arts and Culture
”With respect to her adventure, Nubi wanted to show the world that”impossible is just a word while adding that when one has enough grit and determination, impossibility would be overlooked”.